asdzání

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person prefix) + -s- (ligature) + -dzą́ (“pitted, having a cavity or hole”, perfective stem) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)

Noun

asdzání (possessed form beʼasdzáán, plural sáanii)

young woman, wife, lady
actress

Antonyms

hastiin

Derived terms

asdzání bahastiin daaztsánígíí (“widow”)
asdzání bichʼah (“scarf”)
asdzání daʼiigisígíí (“washer woman”)

Related terms

asdzáán (“elder woman”)
asdzáánsání (“old woman”)
asdzą́ą́
Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé (“Changing Woman”)

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